Standard Chartered (SCBFF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Standard Chartered plc is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. The firm traces its modern form to the 1969 merger of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (founded in 1853) and Standard Bank of British South Africa (founded in 1862), creating an international bank with deep historical roots in trade finance and cross-border banking. Standard Chartered maintains a global footprint and a long-standing focus on facilitating trade and capital flows between developed and emerging markets.

Standard Chartered provides a broad range of banking and financial services for corporate, institutional and individual clients. Its principal activities include corporate and institutional banking, transaction banking, trade finance, treasury and capital markets, private banking and wealth management, and retail consumer banking in selected markets. The bank also offers payment and cash management services, foreign exchange, custody and securities services, and digital banking solutions designed to support multinational corporations, financial institutions and affluent individuals operating across borders.

The bank operates predominantly across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with additional operations in Europe and the Americas focused on supporting international clients and correspondent banking relationships. Standard Chartered’s geographic strategy emphasizes markets with strong trade linkages and growth potential, where it leverages local expertise and international networks to serve multinational corporations, local corporates, financial institutions and high-net-worth clients.

Standard Chartered is publicly listed with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. As of reliable publicly available information, Bill Winters has served as the Group Chief Executive, a role he assumed in 2015, leading the bank’s strategic focus on client-led growth, risk management and digital transformation. The bank’s governance and leadership teams support its strategy of connecting clients to opportunities across emerging and established markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $26.40 to $26.40
• 50-Day Range: $19.76 to $26.40
• 52-Week Range: $14.85 to $26.94
• Volume: 1,372 shs
• Average Volume: 8,442 shs
• Market Capitalization: $60.02 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.88
• Dividend Yield: 3.71%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Standard Chartered Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Standard Chartered scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Standard Chartered has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Standard Chartered has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 21.68%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Standard Chartered are expected to grow by 21.68% in the coming year, from $2.26 to $2.75 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 12.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.06.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 12.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.00.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Standard Chartered has a P/B Ratio of 1.10. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Standard Chartered has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Standard Chartered has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 31.98, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Standard Chartered has recently decreased by 25.96%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Standard Chartered is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.74%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Standard Chartered does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Standard Chartered is 47.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Standard Chartered will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.64% next year. This indicates that Standard Chartered will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.18

News Sentiment

Standard Chartered has a news sentiment score of -0.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Standard Chartered this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Standard Chartered insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Standard Chartered has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/30/2026
• Today: 5/27/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: BANKS - FOREIGN
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SCBFF
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:SCBFF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sc.com
• Phone: 44-20-7885-8888
• Fax: 44-20-7885-9999
• Employees: 81,892
• Year Founded: 1853

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.68
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $5.09 billion
• Net Margins: 13.63%
• Pretax Margin: 17.61%
• Return on Equity: 11.07%
• Return on Assets: 0.66%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.50
• Current Ratio: 0.82
• Quick Ratio: 0.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $39.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.52
• Cash Flow: $3.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.44
• Book Value: $24.01 per share
• Price / Book: 1.10

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,273,450,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $60.02 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.68